Simulating effects of fire disturbance and climate change on boreal forest productivity and evapotranspiration

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 362, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 85-102

  Kang, Sinkyu ^a,b   Kimball, John S ^b,c   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; BOREAS; Climate change; CO2; ET; Fire; NPP; Simulation; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATER;

BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; SPATIAL MODELING;

FIRE HAZARDS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST FIRE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER BUDGET;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIRE; LAND BIOME; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECIPITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIGA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CANADA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; FIRES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREES; WATER; WEATHER;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; SIMULATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33646567492     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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